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By Mimi Mefo Takambou A sit-at-home order has brought southeastern Nigeria to its knees. The Indigenous People of Biafra has distanced itself from the call and experts say that Nigerian President Bola Tinubu must resolve the region's issues. A sit-at-home order called by a group known as the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE) in |
A sit-at-home order has brought southeastern Nigeria to its knees. The Indigenous People of Biafra has distanced itself from the call and experts say that Nigerian President Bola Tinubu must resolve the region's issues.
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The Minister designate for Western Region, Mr Kwabena Okyere-Darko, has suggested the continued engagement of the people in the Western Region and investment in the area to help forestall agitations such as what has been witnessed in the “Niger Delta” of Nigeria.
Conflict in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria arose in the early 1990s over tensions between foreign oil corporations and a number of the Niger Delta s minority ethnic groups who felt exploited, particularly the Ogoni and the Ijaw.
Struggle for oil wealth has fueled violence between ethnic groups, causing the militarization of nearly the entire region by ethnic militia groups, Nigerian military and police forces, notably the Nigerian Mobile Police.